Satellite News

Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Hotbird 10, NSS-9, two Spirale satellites; Date: 12 February 2009, 2209 UTC; Site: Kourou, French Guiana. After an on-time lift-off, the launcher deployed Hotbird 10 for Eutelsat, followed by NSS-9 for SES New Skies. Two small Spirale auxiliary payloads for the French DGA defence procurement agency were then injected into orbit to complete the 34-minute mission.
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The Advanced High Resolution Picture Transmission (AHRPT) system on EUMETSAT’s Metop-A polar-orbiting satellite is operational again following a successful two-month trial in October-November.
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As expected, the number of detected objects from the Kosmos 2251/Iridium 33 collision is rising. Apart from that, it’s still unclear what the consequences will be – and why the crash wasn’t avoided anyway.
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The first U.S. Air Force Milstar communications satellite, built by a Lockheed Martin team, has achieved 15 years of on-orbit operations. Five years beyond its original design life, the satellite is 100 percent mission capable.
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